Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

2006 ← 30 September 2007 → 2012

All 450 seats to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 226 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko Vyacheslav Kyrylenko Party Party of Regions Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Our Ukraine Bloc Leader since 13 April 2003 9 February 2001 5 July 2007 Last election 186 seats, 32.14% 129 seats, 22.29% 81 seats, 13.95% Seats won 175 156 72 Seat change 11 27 9 Popular vote 8,013,895 7,162,193 3,301,282 Percentage 34.37% 30.71% 14.15% Swing 2.23% 8.62% 0.20%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Petro Symonenko Volodymyr Lytvyn Party Communist Party Lytvyn Bloc Leader since 1993 2005 Last election 21 seats, 3.66% 0 seats, 2,44% Seats won 27 20 Seat change 6 20 Popular vote 1,257,291 924,538 Percentage 5.39% 3.96% Swing 1.73% 1.52%

Results of the 2007 parliamentary election.

Chairman of Parliament before election Oleksandr Moroz Socialist Party Elected Chairman of Parliament Arseniy Yatsenyuk Our Ukraine Bloc

Oleksandr Moroz
Socialist Party

Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Our Ukraine Bloc

Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt to resolve the political crisis in Ukraine triggered by the 2 April 2007 presidential decree on dissolution of Ukraine's parliament.

The 450 seats were divided among all parties that achieved a minimum 3% nationwide vote tally. The number of seats that are allocated to each party, above the 3% participation rate quota, is calculated using the Hamilton method of apportionment.

In the election, an alliance of two electoral blocs associated with the Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence (OU-PSD) obtained a narrow majority leaving their main rival, the Party of Regions (PoR) in opposition.

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